Renewed tribal clashes between two Misseriya clans in West Kordofan resulted in 156 people killed this week, and more than a hundred tribesmen sustained injuries, Radio Dabanga reported.
This figure is higher than the count of 133 deaths cited by Mukhtar Babo Nimr in an earlier Reuters report.
A notable from the area has claimed that 129 people were wounded in the fighting between the Awlad Imran and El Ziyoud clans on Monday evening in Kuak, near the Nama agricultural project in West Kordofan. Mohamed Wad Abuk told Radio Dabanga the death toll has since risen to 156 people on both sides, since the fighting started on Sunday.
Preliminary statistics showed the deaths of 52 men and the wounding of 46 men from El Ziyoud, while the Awlad Imran clan witnessed 104 deaths and 83 men sustained injuries.
Abuk held the central government responsible for the renewed fighting among the clans.
A leader of the Misseriya told Reuters by phone yesterday that at least 133 people were killed, and more than a hundred tribesmen sustained injuries. “They used guns and heavy weapons in the fighting in the Kuak area,” Mukhtar Babo Nimr said.
The renewed fighting broke out last Sunday, days after the two clans concluded a reconciliation conference.